Fence



(No Model.)

J. T. GUTHRIE. FENCE.

Patented'Apr. 7, 1896.

FFIGE.

JAMES T. GUTHRIE, OF LEESBI RG, OIIIO.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 557,669, dated April 7,1896. Application filed December 2,1895. Serial 110. 570,782. (Nomodel.)

To all whont it Huey concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. GUTHRIE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Leesburg, in the county of Highland and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of fences known aswire and picket fences, and its novelty and advantages will be fullyunderstood from the following description and claims when taken inconnection with the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sideelevation of myimproved fence with parts broken away and other parts insection. Fig. 2 is a detail section taken in the plane indicated by theline as :0 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section taken in theplane indicated by the line 3 y of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view, on an enlarged scale, showing the manner of connectingthe runner-wires to one of the end posts.

In the said drawings similar letters designate corresponding parts inall of the views, referring to which A indicates one of the end posts ofmy improved fence, which is suitably secured in the ground and isprovided at intervals in its length with a suitable number of openings odisposed in the direction of the length of the fence and designed for apurpose presently described.

13 indicates the other end post of the fence, which is also suitablysecured in the ground.

O indicates one of a number of intermediate posts, some of which may, ifdesired, be braced by a wire I), which takes through an eye 0 at theupper end of the post and has its ends connected to anchors (Z sunk inthe ground on opposite sides of the line of the fence.

D indicates intermediate posts which are sunk in the ground adjacent tothe end posts A B, as shown; and E indicates intermediate posts, whichare also sunk in the ground and are arranged next to the posts D,asillustrated.

Oblique braces F are interposed between the posts D E and have theirends seated in notches e in said posts, and similar braces G areinterposed between the posts D and the posts A B and are seated innotches f in said posts, as illustrated. These latter braces G serve tohold the end posts in their upright positions, and in this they areassisted by the wire braces H, which surround the posts D and are seatedin notches 9 adjacent to the upper ends thereof, and also surround theposts A and B and are seated in notches h therein.

I indicates the runner-wires, of which any suitable number may beemployed, according to the height of fence desired. These runnerwiresare respectively secured to the end post B in the peculiar andadvantageous manner better illustrated in Fig. at of the drawings thatis to say, they are passed around the post and have their end portionsformed into loops J, which receive their main portions, as shown, andare connected to the post by staples K, which straddle both branches ofthe loops, as shown. In this way it will be ob served that a strong anddurable connection of the runner-wires to the post 13 1s eifected andthat no portion of the wires is likely to be cut or broken; and it willalso be observed that when the wires become slack after they have beenstretched as much as possible through the medium of the stretchingdevices, presently described, the staples K may be drawn and the wiresmay be connected to any suitable stretching device and stretched, afterwhich they may again be connected to the post Bin the manner shown anddescribed.

The runner-wires I are connected to the intermediate posts C, D, and Eby staples i, which are of such a size as to admit of the wires beingdrawn through them; and said wires are connected with the end post Athrough the medium of the threaded bolts M, which have eyes j to receivethe runnerwires, as shown. These bolts M extend through the openings ain post A and receive nuts N, and by turning said nuts in the properdirec tion with a Wrench or the like it will be seen that slack in therunner-wires may be taken up and the fence rendered rigid and strong.

P indicates the pickets of my improved fence, which are arranged atsuitable intervals between the intermediate posts and between saidintermediate posts and the end posts; and Q indicates the wires of smallcaliber, (preferably No. 12,) which are used to connect the pickets P tothe runnerwires I. These tie-wires Q are wrapped or coiled around therunner-wires on one side of the pickets and are passed across saidpickets, after which they are wrapped around the runner-wires on theopposite side of the pickets and are drawn so tight as to embed them inthe pickets. This serves, as will be readily observed, to hold thepickets against moving downwardly, and the tight connection of thepickets enables them to move with the runner-wires when the same aredrawn taut.

It will be observed from the foregoing description, taken in conjunctionwith the drawings, that, while simple and easy of construction, myimproved fence is very strong and durable and maybe easily kept stiffand strong, and it will also be observed that the fence is neat inappearance and may therefore be used for inclosing gardens and the like.

Having described in y invention, what I claim is- 1. Theherein-described fence comprising essentially the two end posts, theintermediate posts, the runner-wires connected at one end with one endpost and also connected to the intermediate posts and passed around theother end post and having the loops J,

receiving their main portions, the staples K, straddling both branchesof the loops J, and securing them to the end post, and pickets connectedwith the runner-wires, substantially as specified.

2. The herein-described fence comprising the end post B, and the endpost A, having apertures a, disposed in the direction of the length ofthe fence, the intermediate posts D, and E, oblique braces interposedbetween the posts E, and D, and having their ends seated in notchestherein, oblique braces interposed between the posts D, and the endposts A, B, and having their ends seated in notches therein, thetwisted-wire braces H, surrounding the posts A, 13, adjacent to thelower ends thereof and the posts D, adjacent to the upper ends thereofand seated in notches in said posts, the runner-wires connected at oneend to the end post 13, the pickets connected with the runner-wires, anda connection between the runner-wires and the post A, extending throughthe apertures a of said post, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES T. GUTHRIE. 'Witnesses:

GEORGE II. WASHBURXE, HENRY G. KEEX.

